Window-sash holder and latch.



I. I. BRUNE..

WINOW SASH HOIDER AND LATGH.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. IH. 1917.

Patented Feb. ,26, 1918.

nvmdoz ern-rse Specification of Letters Patent.

,ll-Patented Feb., ilf..

Application led Dctober 18, 191'?. Serial No. 197,320.

To @ZZ whom it' may concern.'

Be it lniown that l, Louis J. Brunn, a citizen of the United States of America, residing; at Algiers, in the parish of Orleans andState of Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Window/Sash Holders and Latches, of which the followmg is a specication.

This invention has reference generally to improvements in that class of inventions known as builders hardware, and more particularly relates to a Window sash holder and latch.'

its the primary aim and object the present invention contemplatesvthe provision oi a device of the above mentioned character designed for application on the stile of a Window casing and on the lower sash for either removably locking the Window sash ina.

closed position or else removably locking the sash in various positions of adjustment.

More particularly the present invention embraces the provision oit a device ont' the. above mentioned character wherein a pair et relatively movable manually operable sec tions are attached to the window sash and are capable of being readily extended to assume a locked position and subsequently held in such position to prevent relative movement of the sash with respect to the casing.

lt is a more specific object of this inven tion to provide a Window' sash holder or latch wherein the construction thereof is noveland permits of the convenient manual operation thereof While the parts are s o arranged that whenl placed vin an extended or locked: position the sash cannot be moved in any direction until the .releasing means is actua-ted.

lt is an additional object of this invention to provide a device of the above mentioned character which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliableand efficient in its purpose and inexpensive in manufacture.

Other objects will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter set forth.

The invention accordingly consists in the\ features of construction, the combination of elements and the arrangement ot' parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the appended claims. i. lEhe invention is clearly set forth in the accompanying drawings, in Whichz Figure l is a front elevation of the deviceV applied and arranged 1n an open position;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same sash in locked position; A

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal detail of the device; l

Fig. 4 is a perspective detail. v

Similar characters of reference are employed in all the above described views, to indicate ,corresponding parts.

Referring now, more particularly, to the accompanying drawings, there is provided a Window casing l in which is slidably mounted a lower ryish 2 While secured to the stile 3 ot the casing and the 2 is the improved holding4 and latchingf de ice, indicated in its entirety by the numeral ei.

With a view toward providing the iin proved holding and latchingr device a rack bar 5 is employed and is formed on its outer face with a series ot teeth while the respece tive ends arcueduced and secured to the inner surface ot one ot the stilesA near the sill through the instrumentality of `suitable fasteners 7.

Coperating with the teeth of the rack bar is the improved holding` or latching member 8. This member consists oi an inner section 9 and an outer section l0. The inner section is pivoted :for 4vertical swinging movement to the outer surface of the lower portion of the sash 2 through the instmnnentalityA of suitable fasteners ll While the adjacent ends of the sections 9 and l0 are shaped to form a rule joint 12 and are pivotally supported with respect to each other through the instrumentality of the shank l3nt' a knob 14. The inner end oi the shank of course is slightly flattened as at 15 so as to prevent accidental disengagement of the sections. A head 16 is formed on the outer end of the outer section 10 While the outer face of the bled iii C Il ' fi is formed or prov wir ootoli i? esigiied for engagement Wi @i any one of the teeth o of the rook T er i3. ,iii operably coil- :oeetiiig the oi: section l to the susii am te et' eoier "i3 is eirootreeol of the sosll, 2

secured 4 soi e and engages o lub' ormefl oiitlie i-eczioii 1G.. W og imi; il@ iolmted. ou the outer projecting enti. of i e bolt and serves to clamp the outer section iii mrious adjusteci positions such as indi- -xttecl in Figs. l, and 2 oi tbe drawings and .e 'ing to either liorlfi the i. dCliefi 'heeel 16 Q ymoet Wit-li any of the 'teeth of rook so that tile sash roo-y be roisedor lowered desired or else hold vthe sash against en) movement whatever e operation of tile present in be reviewed followstlizit tbe ports 1 LAMA, a, C): o1

S lil 'volition me Assmm more been essere cated in when it is flesireil the joint :ibut eooli l'iwsiirl swinging the section it* onli outweily norm in Fig'. 2, t; 'ooi' engaging di if in the r; The wing not 26 ot' course is loose Lluimg this adjust- ;oieet oit elle parte :imi ai the ps @ed assume the posit-loo the notch l? in the ooocl one of the te" tigli er@j s to einem the section i() io i t! L L on omi by r on oit the fact Y iiotcliefl need engof 'teeth :will the rule joiift is positioned slightly beneotli piene ot the lieecgl oi the Divotoiot ll oi elle seotioo i, s to raise or lower the sugli. U :i .smo ner the li. ons); be held in fe-rions go( Y of adjustment and como!) be opeoeo from ilxe' oosifle. To releesc the parte itl is ooiv sary o loosen the 'rig not and breek c i in; upwardly whim. notion causes tbe bolt Wto move through the slot and consef ouentl/ draws tbe iiezael from engog'ei Y mtb. 'the t-eili 'psrrfiittiog the sosia Y move.

Uoiled fieseription of one of the' omi specific :tentures of the invention herein fieserioecl and all. statements of the scope of L invention which es e mattei' oi language might be said to fell therebetween.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent iszl. A Window sash holder and latch including e rack Der maptefi to be secured to tile inner surface of one side of the Window easing, a holding and latching member composed of relatively movable sections, means for pivoting one of. the sections to a, Winclow sash, means for slidaoly connecting the other section to the Window sash and for el Loing the some section et times rigid ivi-li the sash, enfle notc'hecl hee-d. formeel oo. 'the outer emi of 'the last mentioned Seetion 'for engagement with any one 0i the teetli of the rack ber and. designed to be belcl in suoli position when the adjacent connected ends of the sections are moved dmvnwardly :moi clamped.

2. vviooow easii holder and latch in* elofliiig e rook bar adapted to be secured to tile inner4 surface of one side of a WincloeT casing, a. holding and letching member come posed of an inner section and an outer secm tion the adjacent enfle of the sections oe-ing shaped to form e rule joint, a, lmolo, o, shank extending from tbelmob ond pivotiilly 'oonm meeting the 'joint the ends of 'the sections, moons for pivot/elly connecting the inner end of the inner section to e, wimlow Sash. :in enlarged heed formed on the outer enel of elle outer section ami fiesigneil for enu goheezmeot with :inf one of the teeth oi the roel; bei; en arcuate attaching member adapted to be eolintersunk in the sash :mol formed with a passage arid with a slot above tile. pessege of e, Width less than the passage ioe substantially mldway the ends thereoithev bolt for removably clamping the outer secknob being deslgned to move the adjacent tion in rctional engagement with the atends of the sections downwardly and slide 'caching plate to prevent accidental displacethe outer section so thatthe head will en ment of the head. 5 gage one of the teeth of the rack, and a Wing In testimony Whereol afx my signature. nut mounted on the projecting end of the LOUIS JOS. BRUNE. 

